Reinforcement for concrete construction.



N0.. 890,-035.1 PATENTED JUNE 9. 1908.

. r J. 0. E LLINGER. REINFORCEMENT FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

AYPILIGAV'ZION TILED my 14,1907.

3 SHBBTS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

J. 0.--ELQLINGBR. REINFORCEMENT FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED KAY 14, 1907.

3 SHEETS$HEET 2.

A 1 :TORNE 14 PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

"J. O. 'ELLINGER.

REINFORCEMENT FOR. CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14,}907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

applicetio ymandFiii the sealers. I I

reinforcements tong-building construction and espee'1a ,for beams,- glrders and the1hke,f-

of i fi 811, d" Sta t e 5 of i New York,

*j'whieh; have their body p0rtio11f.co1i posed ,of

jjlestie1n atefiahpreferably concrete. The =-0bj;eets-of;the ini ention will'hereafter a pear from thegleseriptipn of the :inYention':

n 's y be 'here statedthat oneo f-Ithe leading features o fig'th e present invention (5011315138 111 t'e;r1n- .oonerete wherein thereare longi-i tudniaily extending rods orvb ars, forming providing a reinforeinggirder forfi eoncrete,

01 "other,cenieiititions or, plasticl subsjtdnee,

(herei iintended :to' 3 be included hthin the tension :ni enibe'rs, =-end a shear nieniher eomposedofi I a fiizedly united sys te'n'i'of longitw: dinal and -transverse rods which are arched. betwen' the tension members jaiider'efixedly seeured;to.;the latter. For fixedly securing the: longitudinal and transverse rods of .the

shear member together, thev are preferably electricallyiivelded attheir pieces of in tersee tion. I foreinggirder whieh'may be produced at: s

. minimum 1 expense; and one in which strain imposedienkany.part of the shear member is transmitted throughout the ser es 0f 1o11g1-.-:

- 16111811 il1dI1IHHSYGISG barsOf the network;

. In: priictieepeiid aslierein'shm 'n these, girde'rs ere'spaeed' apa rt a'nd they are connected with eflilhothel bjraseeond netting whieh 1s an'dalsoimthe tension nienihers thus Hulkingxthe eiitire netiv-ork efieetivje to support stiraimzimposed uii any part thereof and to tne'nsniit ,t 1-ie{;sam;e t0-t1ie tension .inembers.

enibedded i'n the eonerete-ofthe floor sup poiitedg' he beams or-girders, and nto girders extend? This second net ting sis simirods: oriarmsk lerly formed" 10f, longitudinal Enid, transverse juIfi-ted with each other," 1g}; at their. plae'es of; in

tersection; end iitiszppsitiv ly s eure-d to the reinforeinggirders referred to so as ,to trans-- niit strainstheretogwgL l' ti il flulstratdi P ny 8 -ings, which term whieli the seine re fe he Dn tedStz'ites,andya resident I [I I I 1 new "endnseful Im preyements'iii Reinforcement. for Concrete "1COJL Ifuctie n.flef' v iiihieh the, following is a spe ifi t ns 7 v 7 i This i ivention,reietes to improvements in] Sue-h 2i eonstructioi'i forins a unit're-ininto-whie 'the'. cmrereteieipouredz The centering members Jmtiy'be Put n1. place when: the unit bar igic'fnstruete'd, or'

rence ehareet'er indieates: I the same part.

Referring to the drawings; Figure 1; ise

side. View of a beam or girder me'de'aceording to ,my invention. Fig. ifs a eross sect on thereof online 2 of Pi 1. Fig. 3 is a cross .sectiOnpfaL slight .mo ifica-tion. Fig. 4; is};

sectioni'shoWin g'part of a floor made aeeordi ngto In invention; Fig. 5i s e plan View of" the rein rcen ent shown in 4 1 Fig.6 is a cr s s s'ee'tion showing a! slightnio'dificatio i" I'of the errengen entof the side'h eeins. I Fig; 7

is: a side View-of s: modifiedconstruction of a side beam. Fi n-Bis; a'Iside' View ofeno'ther i mod fie'at on, ii

ig. is a detailjview efa modified arrangement of tension ro ds'or bars. I

Fig. 10 is a eross'seetifon on't'he line 10 of-Fig S.

gIhe pert nmrked'A on the drawing re re-' .sents e'pair of side members each of w ieh v conslsts' of a pa r of r'ods a, .a. arranged ve-p tieail'yvei eachJ th er iandqeonneeted to-v gt h r-by. a verticelweb' a%. {The up erlrod .af ,of eech. b f "tl1e s'e siden enibers'is s eared, .from the Web a 'atea'ehend' a predet'e'rniihe d g0 distenc'e, and}thesese erelted ends a'rej'bent' upwardly to formthe iYer-ge'nt inclined for- .tionof sidf member's. .,C0 Iii 1eet ed to t I eseside nienibers'ls the shear, member. This is formed of Ta networkef longitudinal rods I2 35' I and transverse rods bii .These rods are connected t0gethe1 ,f'prefereb1y byoeleetrie elding, at their: ointsi'of il terseeti'(3',n b and form s. net or mes". This nieshis adap'ted tp be bentfltoforni e eonneeted series of loo s' orgg'o stirrups-of vap r0x11 n atel U she'pe hey may vbeiforine' however, in anyother des rable shape.- Theei ds 'of these transverse-or vertic el rods b 'are bent aroun'tlthe hereof vthe side nieiiiber; and are eonneeted te tl'iello'wer '9 5 rod ('1 or to -the eb-ail 0rj-h0th ,;ii1 any suitable ii a \',-bu t ,pl efereb'lyhygeleetrie welding. 7

The side T embers end the. shear n eiiibersf constructed as described, forni ai u nit rein} foreinggirder foi? reiii'foreing, eon'erete girders. '10 0 :Connectd nf-the sidev n'enibers' and prefer abiyrest;

9111: 1 4 weld d to, the nppere (lge :of, the WI ebI-a are the centering members :0; I

These members are 'so pleeedfi as shown that I the lower nds ,c-thereofywili iest n en'jthe lo-fi 'bottomg ot tire formynotshowh,-i n.-w ieiithe 'concrelteis placedjend-the sides-.0 thereof; I

rest against the. r'side I of said form, a'ceuretel e'entering the unit-harjinthe fornif ythe'y may- -be'f 'ut in plate unwan ed-the unit bar, ust efore'the barlisplacedin the concrete mold. In 'usmgfthese unit g rders theforms are located at -aicertain dlstance apart and the, unit girder is laced therein.

On the top of each of these gir ers orthe shear members, I la the-netting D, which consists of longitudina rodsd and transverse rods d, which-are preferably welded together at their places of intersection (1 to form the netting,

In the attached to-the shear member by passing the rods E underneath the vertical rods'b of the shear member and overthe rods d ofthe netting, asshown in Figs. 4 and 5 ofthe drawing, these rods E securely fastening the netting to the unit bar, or rather, to the shear members thereof, it being understood that' the proper form of framework is constructed and the concrete F is placed therein to make such a construction, as shown in Fig. 4, when the form is remove'deoutside of the shear member.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a slight modification of the side member A. This construction which I have marked A consists of an eye beam, the upper .flange of which is cut away at theends from the webafand bent up to form the upper inclined portion a of said member. r

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 and Fig. 7 of. the drawings, I have placed the inclined portion a or a of the side members Itis to be understood that I am not confined to this arrangement, and in Fig. 6 I have shown a construction in which the inclined portions (1 of said member are so arranged that they lie inside the' vertical rods or bars I), forming the shear member. I) are turned around the rod (1 in such a manner that the end thereof will rest against the inner surface of the web (fi'iust ead of'the outer surface, as shown in the prior figures of the drawing. 1

Instead of-bending the free ends of the stirrups around the lower bars of the side members, I mayconnect the stirrups to. theside members by securing the free ends of thestirrups directly to the web of said side members, as shown by Fig. 7 of the drawing. The stirrups m'a'ybe secured to the web by electric welding, riveting or-in any othersuitable' manner; 7 In Fig. 7 I' have also showna modified construction-of centering device. As there shown, ;tlie-':center1ng (lGVlC'G consists of a number of lates C of met-al, secured tothe flanges .of'jt e' side members; of th'ese -platesissplit and'one leg C' ;of each is tended downwardlytoifonn the bottom ('L'l The lower ends of these rods tering -de'v ice,;- the other leg (Xof each departing from the spirit. of theinventiom.

, to theends'of theb plate is extended laterally to; form the other.

centering member.

I'nsom'e cases it may be advisable to bring the stirrups and the upper bent portions o the side members in contact,"as shown'in Figs. (3 and 7, andthese stirru smay besecured to the side portions of tIie'side members by electric welding or otherwise, at.

places of 'contact,'z.- This is an especially desirable form for the reasonthat,'1n conjunction with the uniting of the other parts of the structure already described, it joins the en-- tire structure into one unitary whole, so that strains on any part thereof is transmitted to other parts, throughout the whole. The arrangement of the netting outside of the side members, shown in Fig. 6, also has peculiar advantages but this is not claimed as it is better developed in the structure shown, and

is claimed, in m oopending application No.

382,155, filed Ju y 5, 1907..

In Fig. 8 I have shown a modifiediconstruction of, the side members.- In. this construction I have used two rods a and a arranged vertically overeach other. The end of the up rrod is bent on an incline, as

shown in ig. lot the drawing. Instead of connecting 'these rods together hya web I may connect them together by 'aseries. of. I

clips F securedto the rods at their unbent'or' parallel port-ions.

In Fig. 9 I have shown a side member formed with the rods a and a." parallel throughout and the series of clips extending ars..

' It is understood that "in the l constructions shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the cli s are spaced it predetermined distance, andt ieyare'soc'onstructed thatthebars u', a are separated. one lying over the other.

From thefore'goingdescription the advantages of the invention will be readily understood. While I have shown certain forms of construction, it is to be understood that many' changes fnmy be made. therein and? many a )parently widely difl'eren t embodiments o the invention may be made without or matter-reluting to 0.1- hl-nring uponth e scope oflheinven't-ion. which, asa'matter of language, might be said to l'all tlrerebetween.v

Having no described myinventiolnjwhat I claim as newandilesi-r'e to secutebyLetters Patent 1,. 'In areinforciug means for concrei eonstrui'tion, i lfeinforcin'gflgirder comprising longitudinal rods or bars or tension nn-mlu-rs,

' nd a shear member, said she-n1 member munposed of a netwoak of longitudinal and trans verse rods or arms fixedly united to each other at their )laces of intersection, said net work arched between the tension members and suitably secured thereto.

2. In a reinforcement for concrete construction, a plurality of spaced reinforcing girders, each comprising longitudinal rods or bars or tension members and a network composed of a connected series ofrods or arms )ent into arch form between the tension members and suitably secured thereto, said network having its elements fixedly united with each other at their places of intersection, and a second nettlng extending from one romforcmg girder to another and fixedly con nected thereto and having-its elements fix-- .edly united to each other at the places of intersection.

3. A reinforcement tor concrete construction consisting of a plurality of spaced remforcing girders, each vaving a series of arched rods or arms, and tension members to which the same are secured, longitudinally extending rods or arms connecting the arch rods, a netting extending from one to another between the arched rods, resting "on the longitudinal rods, and additional rods or arms at the junctions of the arched rods and netting,

for attaching the same to each other.

4. In a reinforcement for concrete construction, a plurality of spaced reinforcing girders each comprising longitudinal rods or bars forming tension members, and a network composed of a series of rods or arms bent into arch forms between the tension members-and provided with a longitudinal connecting rod or arm which is fixedly united to theother rods of the network at the places of intersection, a second netting extending from one'girder to another and resting on' said longitudinal rods, and additional rods said bent rods haviug their ends secured to. the slde members, a netting or mesh extend-- ing from one girder to the other and formed being bent or upturned, the unbent portions being connected to thelower rods, a series of stirrups, consisting of bent vertical rods or arms, the free ends of which are extended around and secured to the lower rods of the side members, and a series of longitudinal connecting rods or arms fixedly united to the stirrupsat the places of intersection 7. A reinforcement for concrete construction, comprising two side members each formed of a pair of longitudinal rods or bars one over the other, the ends of the upper rods being bent or upturned, the unbent portions being connected to the lower rods, a series of stirrups consisting of bent vertical rods or arms, the free ends of which are extended around and secured to the lower rods of the sidemembers, and a series of longitudinal connecting rods or arms fixedly united to the stirrups at the places of intersection, and centering devices, one of which is adapted to rest 'upon the bottom. of the mold and the other tion, comprising two side members, eachformed of a pair of longitudinal rods or bars one of the same lying in a plane over the other, the ends of the upper rods being bent or upturned, and a network composed of a connected series of rods or arms bent into arch form between the side members and suitably secured to the lower rods of the pair, said network having its elements fixedly united with each other at their places of intersection, and said network being fixedly united to the upturned ends of the upper rods of the side nembers.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the city, county and State of New York, this 7th day of May, 190? v i JULIAN O. ELLINGERI In presence of EVARTS T mer, ltlcimnn .1). EVANS. 

